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FALL 2016
DIVE SLATE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
T
he members of
DAN’s board of
directors are a
passionate and
motivated group.
All volunteers,
most of them have been involved
with DAN® for more than 10
years, and they’ve been diving
for an average of almost 40.
Their breadth of experience is
impressive, and their dedication
to scuba diving and safety is
abundantly clear.
Lee Selisky
has been diving deep
wrecks — from Lake Superior to
Truk Lagoon — since 1967.
Tell me about your involvement
with DAN
®
.
I have been involved with dive
safety initiatives for a long time,
including early promotion of
nitrox back when the industry was
against it. If I’m going to spend my
time and energy on something, I
want to be able to see a positive
impact, otherwise I’ll do something
else. I’ve been involved with
DAN since its inception, first as a
corporate sponsor and for the past
12 years as a board member, and
I’ve never been as excited about
the future of DAN as I am now.
Joe Poe, J.D.,
was a member of
the first civilian team to dive the
USS
Monitor
. He has done more
than 40 dives on the wreck and
has documented it and many other
shipwrecks through articles and
photography.
What brought you to the DAN
board of directors?
In our lives we don’t often have
opportunities to make a difference,
but diving is an activity that I
and the other members of this
board want to protect. We try to
make certain that everything we
do furthers DAN’s mission, and I
think we’ve been able to run this
organization in a way that ensures
DAN will always be here for divers.
Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.,
an ocean
advocate and National Geographic
Explorer in Residence, has
led more than 100 scientific
expeditions and spent more than
7,000 hours underwater.
Why do you dedicate your
time to DAN?
The existence of DAN is a
reflection of caring by people who
have taken it upon themselves to
create a self-sufficient organization
that provides a vital service to
the diving community and helps
give a voice to the blue part of
Earth. It is a privilege to work with
people who are making aquatic
THE DAN BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
COMMITTED TO SAFE DIVING
By Brian Harper
The DAN board of directors.
From left:
Lee
Selisky, Joe Poe, Sylvia Earle, Wayne Massey,
Kathy Weydig, Michael Lang, Harry Rodgers,
Bill Anlyan and Doug Stracener
STEPHEN FRINK